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Originally Posted by kdracer73
Heard the marginal Legal advice from Bill Handle, that you put yourself at risk when assisting others, because the jargon is kinda loose.
From US Legal.com
A good samaritan in legal terms refers to someone who renders aid in an emergency to an injured person on a voluntary basis. Usually, if a volunteer comes to the aid of an injured or ill person who is a stranger, the person giving the aid owes the stranger a duty of being reasonably careful.
Some states offer immunity to good samaritans, but sometimes negligence could result in a claim of negligent care if the injuries or illness were made worse by the volunteer's negligence.
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This was based on my CERT training. If someone is unconscious and in traffic or in a burning car, you're going to be ok. Inaction literally means death, which is pretty bad on the whole.
Absolutely do NOT move someone if they've been in a wreck, are in the car, but otherwise are not in immediate danger.